More than 60 children, mostly infants, had died at the state-run Baba Raghav Das Medical College last month allegedly due to disruption in oxygen supply over unpaid bills to the vendor.

Children receive treatment at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital in Gorakhpur district. (PTI Photo)

Gorakhpur (UP): The proprietor of Pushpa Sales, which supplied oxygen to the state-run Baba Raghav Das Medical College where dozens of children died last month, was arrested on Sunday in connection with the case.

More than 60 children, mostly infants, had died at the hospital within a week last month. There were allegations that the deaths occurred due to a disruption in oxygen supply over unpaid bills to the vendor.

The state government had vehemently denied that shortage of oxygen led to the deaths.

With the fresh arrest, all the nine persons named in the FIR have been sent to custody.